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Declaration of Locai Emergency <br />Winter Storm <br />WHEREAS, the City of Portsmouth, Virginia is facing a condition of <br />extreme threat to the lives, safety, and property of the residents of the City <br />in connection with a winter storm that the Na~onal Weather. Service is <br />forecasting will bring-six to twelveinches of snow to the City during the <br />period January 28-29,.2014; and <br />WHEREAS, as a result of this extreme weather, the declaration of a local <br />emergency by .the. City's Director of Emergency. Services is necessary #o <br />permitthe full powers of government to deal effectively with this hazardous <br />situation. <br />.NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS DECLARED, pursuant to the powers granted by <br />Section 2-fi58 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Title 44, Chapter 3.2 <br />of the Code of Virginia ("Emergency Services and Disaster Law"), and <br />Section 2.1 of the Portsmouth Cfiy Charter, that a Local Emergency exists <br />in the City of Portsmouth, effective this 28th day of January, 2014. <br />All government officials are hereby vested with such authority as may be <br />granted by law by reason of this declaration. <br />~~~.- ~'• IrZ~w~:l.. <br />John L. Rowe, Jr. <br />City Manager. and <br />Director of Emergency Services <br />